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| 24th Separate Assault Battalion (March 2015 – present) 24th Territorial Defence Battalion "Aidar" (2014 – March 2015)[1] | |
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| 24-й окремий штурмовий батальйон «Айдар» | |
.svg) Battalion SSI | |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Allegiance | Ministry of Defense |
| Branch |  Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Role | Assault unit |
| Size | <300 (in July 2014)[2] |
| Part of | 5th Assault Brigade |
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| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Serhiy Melnychuk |
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| Subdued SSI | .svg) |
24th Separate Assault Battalion "Aidar" (Ukrainian: 24-й окремий штурмовий батальйон «Айдар»,[a] 24 ОШБ) also known as the Aidar Battalion, is an assault battalion of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
The unit is created in May 2014 by the name 24th Territorial Defense Battalion "Aydar" (24-й батальйон територіальної оборони «Айдар») and took part in the war in Eastern Ukraine and had roughly 300-400 members in 2014. It was named after the Aidar River in the Luhansk region where it was initially deployed.[3] In 2014, Amnesty International reported that members of the Aidar Battalion had committed war crimes during the war in Donbas.[4] It was disbanded in 2015 and reconstituted as the 24th Separate Assault Battalion of the Ukrainian Army, before being absorbed into the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade in 2016. As of October 2018 the battalion lost 130 soldiers killed in action.[5] The Battalion's founder and former commander is Sergei Melnychuk.
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- ^ Amnesty International (8 September 2014). "Ukraine: Abuses and war crimes by the Aidar Volunteer Battalion in the north Luhansk region research briefing". Amnesty English. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Книга пам'яті полеглих за Україну [Book of Remembrance of the fallen for Ukraine]. www.memorybook.org.ua (in Ukrainian).
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